Several emergency services have been mobilized to respond to a six vehicle collision involving two buses and four cars in Bexleyheath.
Firefighters were called to the scene on Broadway this afternoon.
Crews released four people from the vehicles – a single decker bus, a double decker bus and four cars.
16 people were taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service.
The Brigade was called at 1.14 pm and the incident was over by 2.50 pm.
Two fire engines and a fire rescue unit from Erith and Bexley fire stations attended the incident.